Dr. Justin Koonin is a member of the UHC Movement Political Panel, and former co-chair of UHC2030, the international multistakeholder partnership for universal health coverage. He is a member of multiple WHO expert panels, including for the Universal Health Preparedness Review, and on HIV, viral hepatitis and STIs.
Dr. Koonin is a Distinguished Fellow and Honorary Professorial Fellow at the George Institute for Global Health, Adjunct Associate Professor at the Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, and an Advisory Governor of the Commonwealth Foundation. At a national level, Justin is the President of ACON (formerly AIDS Council of New South Wales), Australia’s largest civil society organisation working on HIV prevention, care and support, and the health of sexuality and gender-diverse people more broadly.
Justin’s work spans a diverse range of sectors. In addition to his efforts in health and human rights, he has worked as a postdoctoral researcher in mathematics at the University of Sydney, as a data scientist at PwC, and (currently) as a fund manager at Allan Gray. He holds a Ph.D. in Pure Mathematics from the University of Sydney, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst charter holder, as well as a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
